Installation guide

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Connecting the Workstation Running L3 Controller
Software to the SGI Origin 3000 Series System
This section describes the following ways to connect a Silicon Graphics
230 visual workstation running L3 controller software and Red Hat 6.2
operating system software to an SGI Origin 3000 series server:
• Connecting the workstation to an SGI Origin 3200 server without L2
controller hardware.
• Connecting the workstation to an SGI Origin 3000 series server that
has L2 controller hardware.
Connecting the Workstation to an SGI Origin 3200
Server without L2 Controller Hardware
You can connect a Silicon Graphics 230 visual workstation to an SGI
Origin 3200 server without an L2 controller hardware system by
connecting to the console port (serial port) or the L1 port (USB port) on
the SGI Origin 3200 server C-brick. (See Figure 6.)
The L1 controller on the C-brick has one USB channel, which can be
directed to the C-brick external USB port (L1 port) or to the C-brick link
(NI) (network interface) port. To direct the USB channel to the C-brick
external USB port and make it active, you must use the L1 network
command and set the C-brick network interface (NI) port from USB to
422.
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